Quality Ammunition Matters More Than Caliber
By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson
by Sam Hoober
Alien Gear’s Sam Hoober makes the case that good quality ammunition, or the bullet you carry, is actually more important than how big it is or how fast it flies.
U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- The caliber wars are as redundant as they are hackneyed at this point, but that hasn’t stopped people from going on and on about how 9mm is better than .45 ACP or vice versa, or how .40 is a great medium between the two and so on.
Some people even chime in that .380 is actually a viable defense round and everyone needs to stop trashing it.
Then the revolver guys start in on .357 Magnum and so on and so forth.
No Such Thing As Stopping Power
The truth is that stopping power is a myth, so unless you carry a .45-70 Mare’s leg it’s just not really an attribute that a handgun has. That said, all of the proven defensive calibers are great for a carry gun, but it isn’t the number printed on the rim that matters.
What DOES matter? Shot …Read the Rest
Source:: AmmoLand
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